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What do you like best?

I have worked in the translation business since 2007 and have tried a variety of software solutions. What I like best of Wordfast is:

1) it's Mac compatible

2) gives you a solid, easy-to-use experience

3) user friendly interface: everything is clear, I like the layout and how things are organized. It's fast and everything always works perfectly.

I have been able to work with ease and simplicity on large, heavily formatted documents that other software solutions handled very badly.

The use of colors in the editor is awesome. It all adds up to the sense of tidiness and ease of use.

What do you dislike?

For sure I would love the software licence to not expire after 3 years.. but this is the company policy. This is no good for occasional translators: the purchase is worth the price ONLY if you do have a good amount of work to justify for the expense.

What business problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized?

I can handle big formatted files more easily than I have done with other software. Glossaries are easy to create and to use

What do you like best?

What do you dislike?

Despite being light, Wordfast can be a little unresponsive, and file processing is a bit too slow.

Recommendations to others considering the product

Despite what they would have you believe, Trados is not the only choice, even when working with Trados files. There is a native compatibility between Wordfast and Trados which allows a Wordfast user to work on virtually any Trados project and produce segmented files that look and behave just like Trados’ own segmented files. However, Wordfast is not a mere clone for Trados, and frankly, it is a much better tool.

What business problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized?

I was looking for a CAT tool compatible with macOS, that was lightweight and easy to use. Wordfast checks all those boxes.

What do you like best?

Repetitions are marked automatically with a color and fuzzy matches with other color to make it easier to recognize them.There is also the online version Wordfast anywhere which is also very good

What do you dislike?

I worked with version 3.4. I found it easier to work, than many other tools. Maybe I would prefer to have more features like document types accepted

Recommendations to others considering the product

I highly recommend it, very helpful tool and many clients use it. If one of your client is requiring to use Wordfast it is easy to learn to work with it if you already have experience with other CAT tools

What business problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized?

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